Bathing and massaging device.



No. 872,441. PATBNTED DEC. 3, 1907. A. MATTSON.

BATHING AND MASSAGING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29,1907.

WI T JVESSES.'

1er/w. mummia ANNA MATTISON, OF KEWANEE, ILLINOIS.

BATHING AND MASSAGING DEVICE.

Speeicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

Application filed April 29, 1907. Serial No. 370,786.

land combination of parts hereinafter described and more fully set forth in the drawings and claims.

The object of this invention is to provide an easily operated and handy device with which aperson bathing may rub and massage the back and sides with or without an assistant.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device as applied to a bath tub. Fig. 2 is a top view of a portion of the bath tub and my device attached thereto. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail view of a massaging attachment securable to the washing mechan- .ism of the device.

Referring to the drawing by referencenurnerals, 1 represents any bath tub to which the device may be attached, 2 is a special seat for the occupant of the tub, 3 are hooks or catches on the ends of the seat to engage the edges of the bath tub, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

4 are posts or uprights fastened each with the lower end in the seat 2. The upper end of said posts are connected by a rearwardly arched pipe 5, to which is attached a hose 6.

- Along the inner curve of the pipe are perforations 7, which when the hose 6 is attached to one of the faucets (not shown) of the bath tub, andthe water is turned on, throw a series of streams 8 as shown in Fig. 2, upon the neck, back and shoulders of the occupant of the seat 2. On the uprights 4 slides a frame 10, having flat side arms 9, which, like the frame itself, are covered with 1naterial 12 of the kind from which Turkish towels are made, or any other spongy or lit material.

At one end of the seat 2 is pivoted at 13 in a bracket 14 a lever 15, with a handle 1G within convenient reach of the occupant. The rear end portion of this lever is connected with the sliding frame 10 by a link 17,

I pivoted at 18 with one end to the lever 15 and having the other end pivoted at 19 to the back of the sliding frame.

It will be seen that the frame 10 is held on the uprights 4 by loops or edges 20, which are adapted to slide on the uprights when the frame moves up and down as the lever 15 is operated up and down by the occupant. It can thus be readily seen that when. the water is turned on and the occupant swings the lever 15 up and down, the combination of water and rubbing the back and sides with the cloth-covered frame and arms thereof forms a very effective means for cleaning and rubbing that part of the body which is not easily accessible with the hands.

In order to make the operation of this device as easy as possible I provide a spring 21 fastened with one end to the cross bar 22 of the frame and the other end fastened to the outer end of an arm 23, which projects from the underside of the seat 2, to which it is fastened. Vhen the handle 16, is pushed down as at 16X, the frame is raised as at 10 in Fig. 1 with the spring 21 stretched as shown by 21X, and when the occupant pulls the lever back to the first position the spring aids him by pulling down on the cross bar 22, thus bringing the frame back to its original position and keeping it normally there although it is very light and might be thrown upward by the weight of lever 15.

In Fig. 3 is shown the massage appliance or attachment used with my device. 241 is a rubber pad or rubber cloth which may have its inner surface more or less rough according to the desire of the user. This pad is made of such a size and shape as to 'lit snugly on the inside of the frame 10-9 to which it is strapped by means of the upper back strap 25, the under strap 26 and the side straps or elastic bands 27. The strap 25 is securedto the pad at 28, which will be near the middle of the back of the pad, andthe other end of the strap has several holes 29 in it, as has also the lower strap 26. 'lhese straps are passed one over and the other under the back of the frame and are buttoned on the button 30 on the cross bar 22. The elastic straps 27 are adapted to be stretched over the sides or arms 9 of the frame and thus hold each end of the pad securely thereto. When the rubber has been applied in the above described manner, the person is seated in the same manner as before and operates the lever 15 up and down and the rubber pad or cloth rubs the back and sides of the operator and in that Way serves as a very useful and effective massage device on the user.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim is l. A device of the class described comprising in combination, a seat adapted to span a bath tub and having means adaptedto engage guidingly the edges of the tub, uprights on the seat, a frame guided to slide on the uprights and being covered With a spongy material, a hand lever fulcrumed to the seat and having at its rear end a link connecting it With the back of the frame, a perforated tube secured to the upper ends of the u rights, and a hose connected with the tue and adapted to be attached to some faucet or bib adjacent tothe bath tub, said covered frame having forwardly projecting side arms adapted'to Wash the sides of a person While the frame proper Washes and rubs the back.

2. A device of the class described comprising in combination7 a seat adapted to span a bath tub and having means adapted to engage guidingly the edges of the tub, upriglits on the seat, a frame guided to slide on the uprights and being covered With a spongy material, a hand lever fulcrumed to the seat and having at its rear end a link connecting it With the back of the frame, a perforated tube secured to the upper ends `of the uprights, anda hose connected With the tube and adapted to be attached to some faucet or bib adjacent to the bath tub, said covered frame having forwardly projecting side arms adapted to Wash the sides of a person While the frame proper Washes and rubs the back, and a massage pad of rubber or similar material formed as a lining for the inner side of the frame and its arms, said pad having straps adapted to go over the arms of the frame and straps extending from its top and bottom edge adapted to be passed one over the lower edge and one over the upper edge of the frame, and means for securing said straps at the back of the frame in a detachable manner.

3. A device of the class described comprising in combination, a seat adapted to span a bath tub and having means adapted to engage guidingly the edges of the tub, uprights on the'seat, a frame guided to slide on the uprights and being covered with a spongy material, a hand lever fulcrumed to the seat and having at its rear end a link connecting it With the back of the frame, a perforated tube secured to the upper ends of the uprights and a hose connected with the tube and adapted to be attached to some faucet or bib adjacent to the bath tub, said covered frame having forwardly projecting side arms adapted to Wash the sides of a person While the-frame proper Washes and rubs the back, and a spring arranged to hold 'the sliding frame in normal position and to assist in operating the frame.

In testimony Where'of I afX-my signature, in presence of tWo Witnesses.

ANNA MATTISON Witnesses:

AUG ANDERSON, J. D. PETERSON. 

